Back عبد الملك الأول Arabic بیرینجی عبدالملک سامانی AZB Abd-al-Màlik (I) ibn Nuh Catalan عبدالملک یکم سامانی Persian Abd al-Malik Ier (Samanides) French 'Abd al-Malik I Italian აბდ ალ-მალიქ I Georgian عبدالملک اول سامانی MZN Abd al-Malik I Ibn Nuh Polish Абд аль-Малик I Russian
| Abd al-Malik I عبدالملک | |
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&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Gold_coin_of_the_Samanid_ruler_Abd_al-Malik_I,_minted_at_Nishapur_in_955_or_956.jpg) Gold dinar of Abd al-Malik I, minted at Nishapur in 955/6 | |
| Amir of the Samanids | |
| Reign | August 954 – 23 November 961 |
| Predecessor | Nuh I |
| Successor | Mansur I |
| Born | 936 or 944/5 |
| Died | November 961 (aged 17 or 25) Bukhara |
| House | Samanid |
| Father | Nuh I |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abd al-Malik I (Persian: عبدالملک; 936 or 944/5 – November 961) was amir of the Samanid Empire from 954 to 961. He was the son and successor of Nuh I (r. 943–954). His reign was marked by internal strife, with the Turkic slave-soldiers (ghulam) increasing in power. He died after falling from his horse during a game of polo at Bukhara. He was succeeded by his brother Mansur I, who was put on the throne by a faction of ghulams led by the Turkic slave-commander, Fa'iq Khassa.